View Single Post
Posts: 284 | Thanked: 661 times | Joined on Aug 2013 @ Finland
#1
So today I was shuffling through all my JP1 accessories and found a dead Jolla battery. I tried to revive it by putting it inside my phone and then plugging a charger to my phone. Doesn't work. Tried several times. Then I had an idea: What if I first plug in a charger and then put the battery inside Jolla?

So I put the battery inside Jolla, and the charging light briefly lit for a split second, and then it changed to red-blinking (meaning it won't charge). Tried again and now after brief charging light the led turned to constant yellow. It was in this state for maybe 10 seconds and then the led changed to red blinking.

Then I tried again, and lo and behold, it started charging and booting into SFOS!

I turned off the phone and it started blinking red again, so don't do that. I did get it to charge without booting into SFOS though by trying the trick once more.

Sharing this as maybe other people have dead Jolla batteries too!

PS: The battery I revived had been dead for a year.

EDIT: No guarantees that this doesn't break your phone (I don't know the dangers of this method).
 

The Following 2 Users Say Thank You to Thoke For This Useful Post: